Ornament
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureSumba Island peoples
Titles
- Ornament
Date19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold alloy
Dimensions9 3/4 × 12 3/4 × 1/8 in. (24.8 × 32.4 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2292
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 10/27/92.
Published References Frances Marzio, "The Glassell Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold" (Houston: MFAH; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), pp. 246-247.
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Unknown Indonesian
c. 19th century
Hammered gold with granulation and filigree
2006.531
